So my dear She-she turned four in October (thus the painting of a jack-o-lantern on her cheek) her birthday party was on the Saturday after her birthday, but her grammy wasn't able to be there on the day of the party so we wanted to throw a bit of a party on her actual birth day. We are striving really hard to reduce processed sugar in our diets, striving to make changes with the level of red meat, the level of unhealthy foods, and we already had cupcakes planned for the party, but honestly Grammy was a life-saver in the cake department.
I was concerned; how can you ever say, "no birthday cake" to a young child? So when Grammy suggested a fruit "cake" we gently asked She-she if she'd be ok with it. I was floored when she got excited. Part of it I'm sure was our excitement (even if a bit mocked on my side) and promises that it would be special. So then we hit Pinterest, hunting for kid's style fruit cakes... I was...less than impressed. Again Grammy came to the rescue and brought up the idea of a ball gowned princess fruit cake. Frankly it ended up being adorable.
Watermelon, grapes cut in half, blueberries, strawberries in half, oranges, peaches, and a bit of cream cheese and marshmallow fluff fruit topping, all of it was designed to bring joy to my baby girl and joy it did, with not near so much undesirable calories.
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